Creel



- 1,623,546 J. Q. MCKEAN CREEL- Filed Nov. 11, 1925 s sheets-sheet 1 April 5 1927.

INVENTOR W WW W BY I ATTORNEYS April 5 1927. 1,623,546

J. o. M KEAN CREEL' Filed Nov. 11, 1925 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 W ATTORNEYS April 5 1927' J. b. M KEAN CREEL heats-Sheet 3 Filed Nov. 11, 1925 3 S Patented Apr. 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT. oi-FIcE.

JOHN MOKEAN, OF WESTFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO FOSTER IACHINE OOIPANY, OI WES'IFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION 01 MASSACHU- BETTE.

CBEEL.

Application filed November 11, 1925. Serial No. 68,368.

For convenience in handling and for conservation of floor space and saving in expense, it is extremely desirable that the cops be mounted in their creels as closely together as possible. Heretoforc, where cop holders have been made reversible to bring them to the inside of the creel for dofling. the holder sup orting bars have been rocked -on axes beyon the base ends of the holders,

thereby requiring a considerable space to be left between the several rows of cops, to per mit the cop holders of one row to swing the cops past the cop holder supporting bar of the next row in their movement to and from their doffing position.

The object of my present invention is to so construct and adapt the reversible cop holder supporting bars of the creel that they will rock the cop holders on axes extending through the cops between their inner and outer ends, preferably about midway between their ends, thereby allowing the rows of cops to be placed nearer together than without interfering with the1r reversing movement. 4

A practical embodiment of my invent1on isrepresented in the accompanying, drawings, in whichig. 1 re resents a detail top plan view of the cree with the cops shown in full lines in their running or non-dotting positions and in dotted lines in their dotting positions.

Fig. 2 represents a vertical transverse section taken in the plane of the line 11-11 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 3 represents a detail side view of the creel and a diagrammatic end view of a war in machine. v C) Fig. 4 represents a detail vertical transverse section on an enlarged scale, the cop, the cop holder and the cop holdersupporting bar being shown in full lines in their running positions and in dotted llnes 1n their dotting positions.

Fig. 5 represents a horizontal section taken in the plane of the line VV of Fig. 4, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 6 represents a detail section taken in the plane of the line VIVI of Fig. 4, looking in the direction of the arrows, showmg the means for automatically locking the cop holder supporting bar in its running po- SltlOl'l.

The creel illustrated herein has a pair of converging racks, each made up of suitably placed longitudinal, vertical and cross bars 1, 2 and 3 respectively, the two racks being properly tied together by suitably placed cross rods 4.- y I The cops 5 are arranged in a plurality of vertical rows, the holders 6 for each vertical row of cops beingcarried by a vertically disposed supporting bar 7, pivoted in the creel rack to rock on an axis extending through i the cops between their ends, to reverse their positions for dofling. In the present instance each cop holder supportin bar 7 is provided with upper and lower orizontal and parallel arms 8 and 9, pivoted in the creel rack to permit the bar to rockon a g vertical axis extending through the vertical row of cops about midway between their ends, thus allowing-the supporting bars to be placed much nearer together than where the bars were rocked on axes located beyond the base .ends of the cop holders, as heretofore practiced. This close spacing of the supportlng bars either conserves floor space with a predetermined number of co s or else allows a greater number of cops to e placed within apredetermined space, as found more desirable.

The means which I have shown for automaticall-y locking the-cop holder supporting bar in itsrunning position is as follows:

The up er arm 8 of thebar 7 not onlv rocks but is vertically slidable on a depending pinjlOand the lower arm 9 not only rocks but is vertically slidable on the uprisin pin-111. This uprising pin 11 is carried y a segment 12 which supports the cop holder supporting bar as it is rocked to and from its running and dofiing positions. This segment 12 is rovided with uprising stops 13 and 14 for limiting the rocking movement of the cop holder supporting bar as the bar reaches its dofiing and running positions respectively. The top face of this segment adjacent to the sto 14 has an inclined wall recess 15 into which the arm 9 drops for automatically locking the cop holder supporting bar 1n its runningi position.

In moving the cop hol er supporting bar to its dofiing position the arm 9 will first ride a up the inclined wall of the recess 1p and then along the top of the segment until the arm strikes the stop 13.

Each yarn as it leaves its cop passes spirally around a vertically disposed bar 16 which acts to keep the yarn comparatively taut whether the yarn is running or at rest. From thence the yarn passes through a tension device 17 on its way to the warping machine represented diagrammatically at 18.

What I claim is 1. In a creel, a cop, and an outwardly projecting free ended cop holder therefor pivoted to rock on an axis extending through the cop between its ends, to reverse its position for dofiing.

2. In a creel, a cop, and an outwardly projecting free ended cop holder therefor pivoted to rock on a vertical axis extending through the cop between its ends, to reverse its position for dofiing.

a free ended cop 3. In a creel, a cop, holder, and a supporting bar from which the cop holder pro ects outwardly, pivoted to rock on an axis extending through the cop between its ends, to reverse its position for dotting.

4. n a creel, a co a free ended cop holder, and a vertica y disposed supporting bar from which the cop older rojects outwardly, ivoted to rock on a vertical axis extending t rough the cop between its ends, to reverse its position for dotting.

5. In a creel, cops arranged in a row, and

outwardly projecting free ended cop holders therefor pivoted to rmk on an axis extending through the cops between their ends, to reverse their positions for doiling.

6. In a creel, cops arranged in a vertical row, and outward y projecting free ended cop holders therefor pivotedto rock on a vertical axis extending through the cops between their ends, to reverse their positions for dotting.

7. In a creel, cops arranged in a row, free ended co holders, and a supporting bar from which the cop holders project out-. wardly, pivoted to rock on an axis extending through the cops between their ends, to reverse their positions for dofiin 8. In a creel, cops arranged 1n a vertical row, free ended cop holders, and a vertically dis osed supporting bar from which the cop holders project outwardly, pivoted to rock on a vertical axis extending through the cops between their ends, to reverse their positions for dotting.

9. In a creel, cops arranged in a plurality of rows, free ended cop holders, and a plurality of supporting bars from which the co holders project outwardl ivoted to roc on axes extending through 1; 1e cops between their ends, .to reverse their positions for dofiing.

10. In a creel, cops arranged in a plurality of vertical rows, free ended cop holders, and a plurality of vertically disposed supporting bars from which the co holders project outwardly, pivoted to roc on vertical axes extending through the cops between their ends, to reverse their positions for dofling.

11. In a creel, a pair of converging racks, cops arranged in a plurality of rows, free ended cop holders, and a plurality of cop holder supporting. bars from which the cop holders project outwardly, pivoted in said racks to rock on axes extending through the cops between their ends, to reverse their positions for doffin 12. In a cree a pair of converging racks, cops arranged in a plurality of vertical rows, free ended cop holders, and a plurality of vertically disposed cop holder supporting bars from which the co holders project outwardly, pivoted in sai racks to rock on vertical axes extending through the cops between their ends, to reverse their positions for dotting.

13. In a creel, cops arranged in a vertical row, free ended cop holders, a vertically disposed supporting bar from which the cop olders project outwardly, pivoted to roc on an axis extending through the cops between their ends, to reverse their positions for dofiing, and means for automatically locking the supporting bar in its running position.

14. In a creel, cops arranged in a plurality of vertical rows, free ended cop holders, a plurality of vertically disposed supporting ars from which the cop holders project outwardly, pivoted to rock on vertical axes extending through the cops between their ends, to reverse their positions for dofiing, and means for automatically locking the supporting bars in their running positions.

15. In a creel, a pair of converging racks, cops arranged in a plurality of rows, free ended cup holders, a plurality of cop holder supporting bars project outwardly, pivoted in said racks to rock on axes extending through the cops between their ends, to reverse their positions for doffing, and means for automatically locking the su pporting bars in their running positions.

from which the cop holders 16; In a creel, a pair of converging racks, cops arranged in a plurality of vertical rows, free ended co holders, a plurality of vertically dispose cop holder supporting bars 5 from which the cop holders project outwardly, pivoted in said racks to rock on vertieal axes extending through the cops between their ends, to

reverse their positions for dofling, and means for automaticalh" loekingthesupporting bars in their running 10 JOHN O. MGKEAN. 

